I recently acquired this set, and I noticed an anomaly on disc 15 track 14 (You Don't Know Me). At about the 16 second mark, Elvis's voice shifts over to the right for one second, then moves back to center. I doubt it's a master tape issue because it doesn't sound this way on any other version of the song I've got. Does anyone else have this set, and can confirm whether it's like this or not on theirs? Or is what I'm hearing the result of a ripping error? Is it even possible for ripping to introduce an error like that? There's no click, pop or any kind of digital noise, just a shift to the right for one second.

"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD

That doesn't sound like any ripping issue I've ever heard. Nor does a spectral view suggest any sort of had transition one would likely see with a digital glitch.

Without knowing more about the recording/release history, my inclination is to say it is an analog dropout.

"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD

Thanks. I've never heard anything about the master tape having been lost for this song, so I'm doubtful it's an issue of the earlier version being sourced from a higher-generation tape and the master having the dropout. I'm surprised no one at hoffman has commented on this, though perhaps it's lost in the shuffle since it is a 750-track box set. I was reluctant to mention it at hoffman because I didn't want the discussion to detiorate into a "it's naughty to download stuff" thread, but if you're pretty sure it's not a ripping issue I think I'll take it over there.

- the tape was damaged since the last release- a bit of oxide was gunking up the head and happened to cause a dropout in that spot during that particular playback- other releases came from a different tape- other releases had an edit to fix that spot- other releases adjusted the volume at that spot to compensate for the dropout

"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD